SOLUTION: A rectangle of a plot of ground is 20 feet longer then it is wide. if its area is 12,000 square feet, which equation will help you find its dimensions?

Question 616581: A rectangle of a plot of ground is 20 feet longer then it is wide. if its area is 12,000 square feet, which equation will help you find its dimensions?
Found 2 solutions by solver91311, Alan3354:
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Either

where the positive root will give you the width or

where the positive root will give you the length.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A rectangle of a plot of ground is 20 feet longer then it is wide. if its area is 12,000 square feet, which equation will help you find its dimensions?
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Area = L*W = 12000
L = W + 20

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